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# `prefect work-pool`



```command
prefect work-pool [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
```



<Info>
Manage work pools.
</Info>








## `prefect work-pool create`



```command
prefect work-pool create [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Create a new work pool or update an existing one.


Examples:
    
    Create a Kubernetes work pool in a paused state:
        
        \$ prefect work-pool create "my-pool" --type kubernetes --paused
    
    Create a Docker work pool with a custom base job template:
        
        \$ prefect work-pool create "my-pool" --type docker --base-job-template ./base-job-template.json
    
    Update an existing work pool:
        
        \$ prefect work-pool create "existing-pool" --base-job-template ./base-job-template.json --overwrite
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--base-job-template">
    The path to a JSON file containing the base job template to use. If unspecified, Prefect will use the default base job template for the given worker type.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--paused">
    Whether or not to create the work pool in a paused state.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="-t">
    The type of work pool to create.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--set-as-default">
    Whether or not to use the created work pool as the local default for deployment.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--provision-infrastructure">
    Whether or not to provision infrastructure for the work pool if supported for the given work pool type.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--overwrite">
    Whether or not to overwrite an existing work pool with the same name.
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool ls`



```command
prefect work-pool ls [OPTIONS]
```



<Info>
List work pools.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool ls
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>




<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--verbose">
    Show additional information about work pools.
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool inspect`



```command
prefect work-pool inspect [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Inspect a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool inspect "my-pool"
    \$ prefect work-pool inspect "my-pool" --output json
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to inspect.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--output">
    Specify an output format. Currently supports: json
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool pause`



```command
prefect work-pool pause [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Pause a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool pause "my-pool"
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to pause.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool resume`



```command
prefect work-pool resume [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Resume a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool resume "my-pool"
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to resume.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool update`



```command
prefect work-pool update [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Update a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool update "my-pool"
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to update.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--base-job-template">
    The path to a JSON file containing the base job template to use. If unspecified, Prefect will use the default base job template for the given worker type. If None, the base job template will not be modified.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--concurrency-limit">
    The concurrency limit for the work pool. If None, the concurrency limit will not be modified.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--description">
    The description for the work pool. If None, the description will not be modified.
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool provision-infrastructure`



```command
prefect work-pool provision-infrastructure [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Provision infrastructure for a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool provision-infrastructure "my-pool"

    \$ prefect work-pool provision-infra "my-pool"
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to provision infrastructure for.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool provision-infra`



```command
prefect work-pool provision-infra [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Provision infrastructure for a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool provision-infrastructure "my-pool"

    \$ prefect work-pool provision-infra "my-pool"
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to provision infrastructure for.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool delete`



```command
prefect work-pool delete [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Delete a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool delete "my-pool"
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to delete.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool set-concurrency-limit`



```command
prefect work-pool set-concurrency-limit [OPTIONS] NAME CONCURRENCY_LIMIT
```



<Info>
Set the concurrency limit for a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool set-concurrency-limit "my-pool" 10
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to update.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="CONCURRENCY_LIMIT" type="string" required>
    The new concurrency limit for the work pool.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool clear-concurrency-limit`



```command
prefect work-pool clear-concurrency-limit [OPTIONS] NAME
```



<Info>
Clear the concurrency limit for a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool clear-concurrency-limit "my-pool"
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to update.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool get-default-base-job-template`



```command
prefect work-pool get-default-base-job-template [OPTIONS]
```



<Info>
Get the default base job template for a given work pool type.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool get-default-base-job-template --type kubernetes
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>




<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="-t">
    The type of work pool for which to get the default base job template.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="-f">
    If set, write the output to a file.
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool preview`



```command
prefect work-pool preview [OPTIONS] [NAME]
```



<Info>
Preview the work pool's scheduled work for all queues.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool preview "my-pool" --hours 24
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="NAME" type="string">
    The name or ID of the work pool to preview
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="-h">
    The number of hours to look ahead; defaults to 1 hour
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



## `prefect work-pool storage`



```command
prefect work-pool storage [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
```



<Info>
EXPERIMENTAL: Manage work pool storage.
</Info>








### `prefect work-pool storage inspect`



```command
prefect work-pool storage inspect [OPTIONS] WORK_POOL_NAME
```



<Info>
EXPERIMENTAL: Inspect the storage configuration for a work pool.
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="WORK_POOL_NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to display storage configuration for.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--output">
    Specify an output format. Currently supports: json
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>


<Note>
**Example:**

$ prefect work-pool storage inspect "my-pool"
$ prefect work-pool storage inspect "my-pool" --output json
</Note>




### `prefect work-pool storage configure`



```command
prefect work-pool storage configure [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
```



<Info>
EXPERIMENTAL: Configure work pool storage.
</Info>








#### `prefect work-pool storage configure s3`



```command
prefect work-pool storage configure s3 [OPTIONS] WORK_POOL_NAME
```



<Info>
EXPERIMENTAL: Configure AWS S3 storage for a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool storage configure s3 "my-pool" --bucket my-bucket --aws-credentials-block-name my-credentials
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="WORK_POOL_NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to configure storage for.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--bucket">
    The name of the S3 bucket to use.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--aws-credentials-block-name">
    The name of the AWS credentials block to use.
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



#### `prefect work-pool storage configure gcs`



```command
prefect work-pool storage configure gcs [OPTIONS] WORK_POOL_NAME
```



<Info>
EXPERIMENTAL: Configure Google Cloud storage for a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool storage configure gcs "my-pool" --bucket my-bucket --gcp-credentials-block-name my-credentials
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="WORK_POOL_NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to configure storage for.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--bucket">
    The name of the Google Cloud Storage bucket to use.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--gcp-credentials-block-name">
    The name of the Google Cloud credentials block to use.
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>



#### `prefect work-pool storage configure azure-blob-storage`



```command
prefect work-pool storage configure azure-blob-storage [OPTIONS] WORK_POOL_NAME
```



<Info>
EXPERIMENTAL: Configure Azure Blob Storage for a work pool.


Examples:
    \$ prefect work-pool storage configure azure-blob-storage "my-pool" --container my-container --azure-blob-storage-credentials-block-name my-credentials
</Info>






<AccordionGroup>


<Accordion title="Arguments" defaultOpen>
<ResponseField name="WORK_POOL_NAME" type="string" required>
    The name of the work pool to configure storage for.  \[required]
</ResponseField>
</Accordion>



<Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>

<ResponseField name="--container">
    The name of the Azure Blob Storage container to use.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--azure-blob-storage-credentials-block-name">
    The name of the Azure Blob Storage credentials block to use.
</ResponseField>

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>
